Daspit Road Elementary School

As a medium-sized K-5 school in New Iberia, Louisiana, Daspit Road Elementary School educates 503 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under Iberia Parish.

Daspit Road Elementary School is one of 23 schools operated by Iberia Parish, a district that caters to 11,037 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Daspit Road Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Daspit Road Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Daspit Road Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Daspit Road Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.3%.

In the surrounding community, Iberia Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $56,961, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Iberia Parish runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,111 students), of which Daspit Road Elementary School is one.

North Lewis Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Daspit Road Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Daspit Road Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 503). White enrollment moved from 60% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.